Another one from TVLine itself on the article for the franchise's 1,000th episode.
Sometimes I still randomly check LA-related things -- out of habit. But I still never expect to see anything. From MattMitovich's Twitter (X now I guess, who even knows!).
You saw that post that says I’m Gus??? That means you’re my Shawn. I have to get a company car so you can destroy it with your shenanigans 🥰🥰🥰
I am ready and willing to be the Shawn to your Gus! I accept my destiny!
Throughout the year, I kept telling myself I needed to pop in, say Hi, and check on everybody. But the back half of this year has been less than great and there was never any good news to share.
However, I do hope everyone is doing well, has had a wonderful year, and will be (or has been) celebrating the winter/holiday season. <3
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People Extra, 2010
Thought this would be a good one to end on! Yes, I was spammier than I thought. Whoops!
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Promotional Image for NCIS: Los Angeles, Season 1
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Chris and LL Cool J, or Todd, getting ready to start a TV show and go fight some bad guys.
Like so many others before it, I had to include this one -- or something from the show. It's how I met all of you! <3
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Improper Bostonian
Another one of my fave photoshoots!
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Screencaps from Batman Forever, notice a family resemblance in the second one?
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There’s this tiny, tiny little work Chris did where he plays someone who loses his family then starts fighting bad guys, which merits a secret identity. His character’s name is G. Callen Dick Grayson. He later goes by Robin. Ring any bells?
Yes, we are finally at Batman Forever - the movie whose 20 year anniversary is the reason I’m doing this project. Like I said in all the preview/explanatory stuff about the project, this was when I first became a fan of Chris. I was rather young, 8, but it was time I moved on from crushing on the different Power Rangers. (Though I still wanted Amy Jo Johnson to be my friend. You know, I’d probably be happy with that even today.)
Seeing the Batman movies was kind of a family tradition, which included cousins and aunt/uncles. There was even a slumber party and viewing of the previous installments the night before we went and saw this one. So, yes, special place in my heart for multiple reasons.
Batman Forever finally makes an appearance! I wrote an essay for the original post, so no need to write another.
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Promo image for Grey’s Anatomy “Name of the Game”
The first of several Grey’s Anatomy posts because, come on guys, he was a vet! (Also, I have a lot of images.)
Chris played Dr. Finn Dandridge, vet to Meredith’s and Derek’s dog, Doc. This is from his first episode, which he appeared in very briefly at the end.
Trivia: Chris discussed on Jimmy Kimmel Live the naming conundrum this role put him and his wife in. When Chris and his wife were expecting their fourth child, she had the name Finn picked out if it was a boy. When the baby was born and, indeed, was a boy, Chris didn’t want the baby to have the same name as his current role. They ended up compromising on Finley, though he still goes by Finn.
Okay, yes, I'm reblogging more than I expected. I promise just a few more after this!
It's hard not to have something with Grey's Anatomy on here.
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George 1999
More here - one of my faves
Oh look, one of my favorite photoshoots! So much so, Colette made me a theme with it!
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Screencaps from Fried Green Tomatoes
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Hey, look! It’s Buddy Threadgoode! (Seriously, who doesn’t like Buddy?) I definitely have a soft-spot for this movie. Steel Magnolias was more popular and viewed in my household at the time, but I later watched Fried Green Tomatoes annually on USA when they’d air it opposite the Super Bowl.
The secret’s in the sauce!
Chris actually tells a cute story on a DVD featurette for the movie about how his mother made fried green tomatoes around its release.
Yes, another movie still. But, come on! It's Fried Green Tomatoes!
A couple of years ago (maybe) I read an interview with the actress who played Young Idgie. She said that "Little Bit" was just something Chris ad libbed when talking to her. It's one of my favorite things about the character. <3
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Promotional Still for the movie Men Don’t Leave
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Kicking off the 20 Weeks for 20 Years Project with Chris’s first film, Men Don’t Leave. He filmed it in the fall of 1988 when he was 18. He started college that spring. The film co-starred a few ladies he would later work with again: Jessica Lange (Blue Sky), Joan Cusack (Kit Kittredge), and Kathy Bates (Fried Green Tomatoes - though they shared no scenes). Chris also skipped out on one of the auditions because he had a crew meet. (I really have too much trivia in my head for my own good.)
If you’ve never seen it, it’s a touching film about a grieving family with some funny and sweet moments. Also? Infant!Chris is adorable and awkward to the point of being adorable again.
Reblogging this one since it was his first movie! (Also, links to my old site won't work.)
Anyway, enjoy a stop on memory lane!
I know I haven't been active, and that's for several reasons: busy with life, work, and -- full confession -- I'm in another reading spree. (If I'm reading, I can only be a reader. Any and all other hobbies just don't happen. Cooking barely does.)
BUT, enough about me. It's Chris O'D's 53rd birthday, and I wanted to post a link to a project from 8(!) years ago now: 20 weeks for 20 years. It's wild that Batman Forever is now almost 30 years old! (Because, yes, that's my fangirl genesis for this particular gentleman.)
I might reblog some of my favorite posts from the project throughout the day (scheduled, of course). But we shall see!
I know the dashes feel kind of dull on Sunday nights now. So here's a pic of the Birthday Boy. He's 14 today!
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BECOME UNFOLLOWABLE
TITLE CARD: ONE WEEK LATER
I am writing this post as quickly as possibly since I've got to go fold laundry, and I still want to have time before I go to bed to do some reading of a book I just bought. So no promises on proofreading.
I am still perfectly content with the finale. I've been watching the show over 14 years (not just seasons), and it...very much felt like the show I've been watching for 14 years. It's the show they wanted to make, and the one everyone there was happy with. They very much made a show they'd want to watch, and that goes for multiple people behind and even in front of the camera. Listening to the cast over the years always gave me a good redirect reminder on overprojecting onto people.
Shows, and their pilots, are supposed to be "story engines." The ending was "The story continues, but there are also new stories and always will be." And I dig it. I have had a week of reading interviews, after also watching them in the retrospective, and also reading comments and thoughts from fans across all platforms and with all different preferences. I've always been interested in reading different opinions, even if some weren't always painless to read because I take weird things personally. As I've gotten older, met more people, learned new things, and learned to look at things in other ways, I feel like it's good to take away feeling humble whenever you can. Some out there are so into the ending storyline they truly do want to see a movie about that. Because it is very much something the show would have done. And they've very much been watching the show. (I'm personally good, though. Don't need one.)
Light Housekeeping
First off, if you read the recent post, you'll know that this week has been...wild. And this weekend has been my trying to be productive while still recovering from a week when it felt like the Wild West in my brain.
There are definitely several pics and things I've been meaning to post -- not to mention all the GIFsets I need to queue up. But alas: any mental free time seems to have gone to writing stories in my head (and if you think this means I continue to plot things for those two widowers who meet at a crossword convention, you are correct). And other times have gone to biting my tongue and then Kraina having to have me scream about things in her DMs. Because I don't want to even risk being a little messy, and I am nobody's mother. I'm not responsible for making sure, especially unsolicited, anyone is making sound commentary and correct arguments in their own spaces.
Moving on before that starts to sound meta-messy.
I don't like to not tag things for organizational sake and also if anyone needs to block anything. But I also don't like putting everything in the main (usually tracked) tags and clogging them up. So I'm going to try for future posts like that to use the tag show: ncis la. I will probably go back and put that on older untagged posts, as well.
So if you need to block that one, feel free to.